Hart v. State

The plaintiff in error, G. L. Hart, was convicted under an indictment charging him with unlawfully having in his possession “intoxicating liquor, to-wit, one quart of Scotch Whiskey, broken, and the said G. L. Hart, whose Christian name is to the Grand Jurors unknown, had previously, on to-wit the 14th day of March, A. D. 1921, been convicted in the County Court of Pinellas County, Florida, of a violation of the intoxicating liquor law, to-wit, Transporting intoxicating liquor.”

The jury found “the defendant guilty as charged.”

The record discloses, that under the guise of the authority of a…